With all the discussion about tier sets in Battle for Azeroth, we thought it was worth recapping all the other gear changes happening for context! TradeChat has published a video and written the summary below on what's happening to legendaries and artifacts, as well as the new item system Heart of Azeroth.\r\rIf you want to learn more about what's up with gear in Battle for Azeroth, check out Legendaries and Titanforging, Azerite and Heart of Azeroth, and No Tier Set Bonuses.\r\r\r\rThe article below is written by TradeChat.\r\rArtifacts\rArtifacts are not coming with us to the next expansion. Something will happen at the start of the Battle for Azeroth that will result in everyone losing their artifacts. \r\rArtifact appearances & variants that you unlock in Legion will be transmoggable going forward. Unfortunately, it is planned to be spec locked, which is lame... but in better news, there will be ways for druids to \u201ctransmog\u201d their forms in the future too. \r\rAccording to Blizzard, all artifact appearances and color variants will be obtainable after Legion with the exception of the mage tower challenge skin and the mythic +15 tints for the Balance of Power appearance. If you already have the mage tower appearance unlocked, you can still obtain its color variations after Legion. \r\rSince they were not specifically mentioned, I\u2019m lead to believe that pvp prestige appearances and tints will still be obtainable in the future, but I have no idea how that will work...so, your guess is as good as mine...\r\rIt\u2019s also worth mentioning that some artifact traits will be coming to Battle for Azeroth with us in the form of baseline abilities, talents, or on new gear items. \r\rLegendaries\rLegendaries, as they exist in Legion, will not exist in Battle for Azeroth.At Blizzcon, it seemed like legendaries were completely out, but in the most recent Q&A, Ion Hazzikostas didn\u2019t rule out \u201ciconic\u201d style legendaries, like we saw in past expansions. \r\rRegardless, it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019d see a legendary item at Battle for Azeroth launch, or maybe even at all\u2026 mostly because we know that Blizzard in implementing a new piece of gear, which is essentially the love child of an Artifact weapon and Legendary item, an amulet called the Heart of Azeroth.\r\rHeart of Azeroth\rThe Heart of Azeroth is an artifact-quality neck item which allows you to unlock latent powers on special Azerite armor for your helm, shoulder, and chest slots. This new system is basically Your Artifact Version 2.0. \r\rYou will increase the power of you Heart of Azeroth by absorbing a new resource called Azerite. It\u2019s sort of like Artifact Power except it isn\u2019t actually looted and it\u2019s not bound to a specific spec. When you get close to Azerite, your amulet literally absorbs it. Azerite will be found all around Azeroth, because it is literally the BLOOD of the planet. And you \r\rThe more Azerite your Heart of Azeroth absorbs, the more powerful it will be, and the more choices you will have as far as those latent powers go on your Azerite armor. Azerite armor comes in three varieties: Helmet, Shoulder and Chest. \r\rEach piece of Azerite armor will have traits which can be unlocked by the power of your Heart of Azeroth. These traits are specific to each piece of gear, and there is no RNG involved. \r\rEven in obtaining the Azerite armor, each piece has a predetermined source so that players can choose which gear they\u2019d like to earn. No more random world drops, and hoping that the twisting nether aligns in your favor. Want a piece of Azerite gear? Kill the guy who drops it, and eventually it will be yours! \r\rAzerite armor will be an integral part of gearing in Battle for Azeroth, especially considering we won\u2019t have the benefits of legendaries OR tier set bonuses. Battle for Azeroth will be doing away with the 13 year tradition of tier set bonuses. Instead, we\u2019ll be getting those 3 pieces of Azerite armor, each with a specific set of traits, made more powerful by our Heart of Azeroth amulet. \r\rWho knows? Maybe in the future, further into the Battle for Azeroth, Blizzard will add additional types of Azerite armor, giving us even more latent traits to unlock...but for now the rest of our gear will just be standard pieces. You\u2019ll earn it from questing, running dungeons & raids, and of course, mythic+. The system for loot in mythic+ will be that same in Battle for Azeroth as it was in Legion, and will still be a great source for gear.\r\rStat Squish\rIt\u2019s also worth mentioning that Battle for Azeroth will be bring us yet another squish, both to stats and ilvl. As always, this should in no way affect going back and soloing old content. Even with the new scaling leveling system coming in 7.3.5, every area has a cap, which is well below max level. So no worries in that department. \r\rWarforging\rFinally, we can also expect to see warforging and titanforging following us to the Battle for Azeroth. Some players may find this disappointing, and if you\u2019re one of them, you should be at least a little relieved to hear that warforging and titanforging will be less common going forward, and should feel more rare and special than it does currently. \r\rTLDR\rTLDR: Battle for Azeroth will be doing away with RNG legendaries, artifact weapons, and traditional tier bonuses and replacing them with a new Azerite system consisting of the Heart of Azerite amulet and Azerite Armor for your helmet, shoulder, and chest slots. \r\rAzerite armor has predetermined latent traits, which can be unlocked based on the power level of your Heart of Azeroth. This power level can be increased by collecting Azerite, a resource found all around Azeroth through regular gameplay. \r\rWhat do you guys think about these changes?

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Winfree의 댓글

on 2017-11-20T23:54:12-06:00

'Something will happen at the start of the Battle for Azeroth that will result in everyone losing their artifacts. '\r\r\rHow... disappointing. Grind like crazy for AP then take it away. Kinda a finger up from blizzard to me.\r\r\rOn another note my wife said she love that shirt. She always got some of the coolest shirt on. (:

Spleener의 댓글

on 2017-11-20T23:56:53-06:00

"We'll keep iconic legendaries" basically sounds like they're either going back to MoP\/WoD-style legendaries where it's an expansion-long questline or (less likely) pre-MoP-style legendaries where a static raid group needs to help a chosen person put it together. \r\rThe Heart of Azeroth neck kind of *is* a MoP\/WoD-style legendary, from what it sounds like.

Lockvar의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T00:05:16-06:00

I mean they said it from the very start. And it is the same as any other part of wow. You grind and then an expansion comes along and resets it all. It's part of the fun

Mornelithe의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T00:15:21-06:00

Artifact Weapon - Mixed feelings. Always expect to just get rid of past expac gear, immediately. But, the weapon required quite a bit of effort to grind out, so, it feels a bit different than your typical gear turnover. Would be nice to see 'something' as a result of the effort put in.\r\rLegendary's - Good, they didn't feel legendary, and 18 of the 22 I have right now just sit in my bank, never getting used (and never a chance of being used either).\r\rWarforging\/Titanforging - I have to say this system annoyed me greatly this tier (ToS), and I think it's because all reward items are on the same table. What I mean is, gear you are awarded from World Quests, PVP stuff etc... is on the same table for WF\/TF procs, as stuff you'd get in raids. For months I've watched useless vendor trash proc WF\/TF, while seeing none of that in raids. Highly annoying. That having been said, this was more of a frustration over my own luck, rather than caring about the system itself. I could take or leave it really.

darigaazrgb의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T00:37:59-06:00

'Something will happen at the start of the Battle for Azeroth that will result in everyone losing their artifacts. '\r\rI hope this "something" is your character retiring from their class order and handing the artifact over to the new leader. I would hate for cool weapons such as the Ashbringer to get destroyed.

w3maniak의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T00:48:49-06:00

I believe they said prestige system is staying, so maybe it'll directly reward the mogs on reaching the required level - just my theory.

TaikooS의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T00:53:33-06:00

Um... Shouldn't TLDR be putted on the head of the article? xD

Ferocitas1의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:07:46-06:00

'Something will happen at the start of the Battle for Azeroth that will result in everyone losing their artifacts. '\r\rI hope this "something" is your character retiring from their class order and handing the artifact over to the new leader. I would hate for cool weapons such as the Ashbringer to get destroyed.\r\rIs Thrall going to ask for Doomhammer back? If not, what will he be wielding?

Jimbrooks의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:10:42-06:00

Also to clarify - in the latest Q&A with Ion he stated that the Fishing Artifact will be staying in BFA :) Hooray!

feffe79의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:13:34-06:00

But when will it be released? Are we to hammer out Antorus raid and AP world quests until the end of next summer? In that case ill just put it on the shelf and save myself 6-8 months of sub fees.

DrGreatScott의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:35:29-06:00

'Something will happen at the start of the Battle for Azeroth that will result in everyone losing their artifacts. '\r\rI hope this "something" is your character retiring from their class order and handing the artifact over to the new leader. I would hate for cool weapons such as the Ashbringer to get destroyed.\r\rIs Thrall going to ask for Doomhammer back? If not, what will he be wielding?\r\rXD one can only hope, but he could always pick Gorehowl back up since the one Garry threw down in mists is still around.

badax의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:46:52-06:00

I've asked before and I'll ask again, does this mean we are going back to regular weapon drops? nowhere is this specified, and TBH (at least in my opinion) it would really suck going back to that system after Artifacts

Sielinth의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:47:43-06:00

\rHow... disappointing. Grind like crazy for AP then take it away. Kinda a finger up from blizzard to me.\r\rlogically you could apply that to everything you do in game... and then ultimately it will be a question of why bother playing?\r\rI mean fair enough if you're the type to level to max level experience all the story then unsub then resub for a month for the next content patch then rinse and repeat.\r\rBut if you're playing semi actively you are essentially grinding for things that will be invalidated (ok maybe not gold or pets... that have long term value I suppose)

SilverDragon234의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T01:55:55-06:00

A simple necklace cannot be made into an artifcat. >.<

Soeroah의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T02:21:19-06:00

A simple necklace cannot be made into an artifcat. >.<\r\rSure it can. Especially when it holds the blood of the world. It's the same as when we made a cloak and ring legendary in MoP and WoD.\r\rIt's a unique item in lore that everyone will have as a major part of the game, so it doesn't fit as a legendary. Thus it's an artifact.

MaXiiczek의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T02:34:44-06:00

But when will it be released? Are we to hammer out Antorus raid and AP world quests until the end of next summer? In that case ill just put it on the shelf and save myself 6-8 months of sub fees.\r\rwith this approach, you should maybe put the game to rest forever, you will save much more grind, sub fees and time... I understand people who say this when they finished most of the content and are bored, but saying that even before final raid tier is released? no need to mention that AP grind isn't really mandatory, just wait for higher AK and it will come, also it's not that huge boost above 75 traits (unlocking Crucible) to be mandatory...

Irushian의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T02:42:49-06:00

I've asked before and I'll ask again, does this mean we are going back to regular weapon drops? nowhere is this specified, and TBH (at least in my opinion) it would really suck going back to that system after Artifacts\r\rThe answer is an obvious yes.

Wanderer999의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T03:03:13-06:00

So if I don't play BfA I get to keep my artifact weapon? Sure, I won't get to enjoy the new content but soul flame makes farming old content so much faster! I really hope we somehow get to keep that trait.

Dalee의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T03:12:36-06:00

I'm down with most of the things that may or may not happen in this expansion... That being said... There were a lot of traits and spells that were given to us by the artifact. What will happen to those traits? What about Hati :(? Don't take away my second friend <cries>

wisedada의 댓글

on 2017-11-21T03:22:13-06:00

It was said since the beginning, so nobody shouldn't be surprised about the loss of our weapon.\r\rBUT the fact is that the great storyline they put into it, the fact that we develop it little by little and we see it growing in power in our hands, the fact that it is so deeply linked to the character...said reasons make it way different than anything we got before.\r\rSure there was great questlines in both MoP and WoD, but honestly it was nothing compared to the effort to develop our artifact. \r\rThat's why I am \u00e0 bit sad thinking I will lose my artifacts.\r\rAnd since I main a hunter, I am sad to lose Hati as well. I haven't tamed it but it's part of the family nowadays...\r\r\/sadface